As of December 2007 the total membership of the Church stood at 13,193,999. The Church has a tendency to grow rather rapidly. Each spring, the statistical department of the church reports on this during the annual April conference of the church.
Although Mormonism is a worldwide religion with faithful members and congregations in almost every country of the world, the religion's headquarters and greatest density of its adherents are located in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
About 14 million
It depends on where you are. Worldwide, there are about as many Mormons as there are Jews (both report approximately 14 million adherents). In the US, about 2% of people are Mormons (making Mormonism about as popular as the United Methodist Church) In Utah, about 70% of people are Mormon, with some cities being as high as 98% Mormon.
Mormonism Unvailed was created in 1834.
The Rise of Mormonism was created in 2005.
Encyclopedia of Mormonism was created in 1992.
There are about 1.2 billion Catholics throughout the world.
Joseph Smith, Jr. is usually credited as the founder (not finder) of the Mormonism movement. His followers believe that he was a prophet acting under the direction of Jesus Christ, so many would say that Jesus is the founder of Mormonism rather than Joseph Smith.
Whether or not Mormonism is false is your personal opinion. All religion is based on personal faith and belief and cannot be proven absolutely true or absolutely false. Those who believe that Mormonism is false believe that way for many reasons. Some take issue with the doctrines, practices, or claims of Mormonism. Others have a problem with faith in general, not trusting something that for which they can't have tangible evidence.
they call Adherents followers
No. Mormonism is a Restorationist Christian religious movement. Followers of Mormonism come from many different ethnic groups around the world. It is true that some religious groups can double as ethnic groups (such as Judaism - although you can be an ethnic Jew but not a religious Jew, or religiously Jewish but not ethnically Jewish) but Mormonism has not had the thousands of years of intermarrying required to become an ethnic group.
"Mormonism" (accurately called "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints") is a Restorationist Christian denomination. However, many Protestant Christian groups reject the validity of the term "Restorationist Christian" and consider Mormonism its own religion, not Christian. To learn more about Mormonism and decide for yourself if they are Christian or not, visit the links in the Related links section below.